H9001–/וַ–v

And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? every man to your tents, O Israel; now see to your house, David. So all Is

וַיָּשִׁ֣יבוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

But Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Judah.

וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”

Then Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the overseer of the forced work; and he was stoned to death by all Israel. And King Rehoboam went quickly and got into his carriage to go in flight to Jerusalem.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְגְּמוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּמֹ֑ת (וַ) va “and”

So Israel was turned away from the family of David to this day.

וַיִּפְשְׁע֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, and got together the men of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam.

וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּקְהֵל֩ (וַ) va “and”

But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”

The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers: let every man go back to his house, for this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the words of the Lord and were turned back from fighting against Jeroboam.

וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ (וַ) va “and”

Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah.

וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֧בֶן (וַ) va “and”

He was the builder of Beth-lehem and Etam and Tekoa

וַיִּ֧בֶן (וַ) va “and”

And he made the walled towns strong, and he put captains in them and stores of food, oil, and wine.

וַיְחַזֵּ֖ק (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֤ן (וַ) va “and”

And in every town he put stores of body-covers and spears, and made them very strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his.

וַֽיְחַזְּקֵ֖ם (וַֽ) va “and”וַיְהִי־ (וַ) va “and”

For the Levites gave up their living-places and their property, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons had sent them away, not letting them be priests to the Lord;

וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he himself made priests for the high places, and for the images of he-goats and oxen which he had made.

וַיַּֽעֲמֶד־ (וַ) va “and”

So they went on increasing the power of the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, strong for three years; and for three years they went in the ways of David and Solomon.

וַֽיְחַזְּקוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַֽיְאַמְּצ֛וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And Rehoboam took as his wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, the son of David and of Abihail, the daughter of Eliab, the son of Jesse;

וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ (וַ) va “and”

And she had sons by him, Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.

וַתֵּ֥לֶד (וַ) va. “and”

And after her he took Maacah, the daughter of Absalom; and she had Abijah and Attai and Ziza and Shelomith by him.

וַתֵּ֣לֶד (וַ) va. “and”

Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, was dearer to Rehoboam than all his wives and his servant-wives: (for he had eighteen wives and sixty servant-wives, and was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)

וַיֶּאֱהַ֨ב (וַ) va “and”וַיּ֗וֹלֶד (וַ) va “and”

Rehoboam made Abijah, the son of Maacah, chief and ruler among his brothers, for it was his purpose to make him king.

וַיַּֽעֲמֵ֨ד (וַ) va “and”

And in his wisdom he had his sons stationed in every walled town through all the lands of Judah and Benjamin; and he gave them a great store of food, and took wives for them.

וַיָּבֶן֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְרֹ֨ץ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֥ן (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁאַ֖ל (וַ) va “and”

Now when Rehoboam's position as king had been made certain, and he was strong, he gave up the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”

Now in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against Jerusalem, because of their sin against the Lord,

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”

And he took the walled towns of Judah, and came as far as Jerusalem.

וַיִּלְכֹּ֛ד (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”

Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the chiefs of Judah, who had come together in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, The Lord has said, Because you have given me up, I have given you up into the hands of Shishak.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then the chiefs of Israel and the king made themselves low and said, The Lord is upright.

וַיִּכָּנְע֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (וַ) va “and”